one rough draft? please.

This passage is from Sin & Syntax. I found it to be especially true to the way I have been writing lately. No such thing as one "rough draft" exists to me anymore. Since being in words and images I re-write my texts sometimes 7 or 8 times before I even think about making it my comp. Then I go back and re-vise a few more times. Reading this calmed me down, in a way, because now I am realizing this is the real way to write.

Writing affords us a luxury we lack in conversation: we can go back to recast our sentences, paying attention to syntax and sensuality in a way that's impossible when we're expounding extemporaneously--in speaking or in writing. And, paradoxically, when rewriting works, the prose sounds natural. It echoes our true voices.

too many hands too many hands too many hands too many hands

i CANNOT STAND things in mass quantities. by things, i mean anything and everything. when i see a bunch of birds flying together...i freak out. when i see huge tubs of mayonaise i want to faint. don't even get me started on stores like sams club or costco....gross. so it comes as no surprise that i almost had a freaking stroke when i stumbled upon this awful, disgusting ad. its just....too much.

what's your fav?

My Favorite Words. Some I like to say and others I like listening to.

Spectacular
Crunch
Creamy
Shit
Fuck (love to say...a lot!)
Donkey (love to say... a lot!)
Lunatic
Gregarious
Ubiquitous
Ponder
Wave

and the doozy....

Pnemonaltramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis (my 5th grade vocabulary word for 'P')

what in the hell are you advertising?

I am aware I may not be the best with words and images but I have to ask these people: What were you thinking? I have stared at this ad for a cumulative time of 30 minutes and I still can't figure out what they are advertising. A car crash? The top picture would suggest this kind of scenario. Cigarettes kill? The bottom left picture would suggest so. Or a portable sandbox? You be the judge...

simply lovely

Through my adventures in reading I found an article in the NY Times Style Magazine discussing fabulous women and wine. The author, S.S. Fair, sails through her musings choosing wonderful vintage women throughout the ages and specific wines she believes would suit them for an imaginary dinner party she is hosting. Besides the whimsically technical writing, I found this part of the article to be especially appetizing:

"Beer is for rowdier pursuits; cocktails are foreplay; hard booze is for quite desperation. But wine sees life through rose-colored glasses and sings its own praises with loose lips and happy feet. I am a woman, hear me pour."

What a fantastic taste to linger on my palette.

Lift Off

I am a fashion hound. When I saw the side bar "Lift Off" in the NY Times Style Magazine I knew I had to bring it for show and tell. It is the perfect example of classification through time for every woman's must-have accessory...the bra! Because I am doing a fashion classification of time I thought this was more than fitting. The feature is not long and not meant to be bogged with information but is a fun way to show the evolution of the bra. For project four I plan on classifying skirts through time starting with 1960 and ending in our beloved year 2007. If anyone has any fun suggestions for my 2 layouts I am more than willing to listen!